Purple Milkweed Seed Pods. The pods are filled with many seeds with silky tufts. Resembling asclepias syriaca common milkweed asclepias purpurascens purple milkweed is a rhizomatous perennial prized for its domed clusters of rich rose pink starry flowers which bloom from late spring to midsummer.
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Formation occurs the pods of common milkweed are hairy and warty whereas those of purple milkweed are downy but without warts. The leaves are host to the monarch butterfly larvae. I should have about 10 packets.
Purple milkweed should be planted in well drained soil enriched with light amount of composted cow manure high nutrient requirement and might possibly favor calcium rich sites.
Hi linda purple milkweed is native to your region but for most growers it seems more difficult to establish then staples like common and swamp milkweed. You can send the envelo. Purple milkweed also called heart leafed milkweed asclepias purpurascens is an excellent but little used plant in kansas city area gardens. One thing i notice about purple milkweed is how unreliable its seed production is.
